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Have you looked into the brewer pregnancy diet? I know lots of women have success in preventing and even reversing pre-e by following that diet. It might be worth a look and it certainly can't hurt anything since its a very healthy diet anyway, good luck.

I had pre-e with my first pregnancy taht required hospitalization at 36 weeks and delivery at 37. I got pre-e again with my second pg, but it was milder and kicked in at 36 weeks, but I was still able to deliver on my scheduled c/s date at 39 weeks.

Although it can't hurt to try the diet, pre-e is really driven by your body's hormones and not by what you eat necessarily. Being overweight and unhealthy doesn't help, and can aggravate pregnancy induced hypertension, but pre-e isn't a diet specific phenomenon.

The chances are low to get pre-e in a subsequent pregnancy. Usually its a first pregnancy issue. I developed a chronic blood pressure issue in my second pregnancy that was the extenuating risk factor that led to me getting pre-e. but chances are good you won't get it again...and if you do, it won't be as severe. that's not set in stone, that's just teh "odds".

I just had an appointment and was told my have gestational hypertension. My BP is usually perfect. My OB mentioned putting me on BP meds now to help avoid pre-e later on. I was really freaked out. They told me to buy a BP monitor for home and every time I take my BP it is normal. I think I get so nervous at the OB that my BP shoots up! I have an appointment with my GI doctor for a different thing next week and I am going to have them take my BP just to compare.

i had hypertension with my twins...but hey twins and working full time!! I was able to carry them full term with bp meds. When my dr took out my mirena so we could start trying again he put me back on bp meds but this time around not as much of a problem but since I m/c in between he will not take me off of them. Stress is you enemy try everything possible to remove it from your life....easier said than done huh!!

My mom had it with my sister, a little but pretty mildly with my brother, and not at all with me.

I have a friend who got full blown eclampsia with her first and had an emergency c-section at 29 weeks. With her second, I think she developed it at about 34 weeks. They kept her hospitalized (because she had seizures the first time) and on BP meds, and when her BP stayed up they took the baby via c-section at 35 weeks. Both of them are doing fine. I think you are less likely with subsequent pregnancies and/or it tends to be less severe. But that is not everyone... I'm sure your doc will keep an eye on it. For now just relax. Don't borrow trouble.

I had severe pre-e with my first that appeared around 20 weeks. Baby was taken by c-section at 35 weeks. My second had pre-e that appeared around 26 weeks. Baby was taken by c-section at 36 weeks. My third baby did not have pre-e at all. But went into labor at 34 weeks. Then my fourth baby blood pressure started going up at 19 weeks, but wasn't fully diagnosed with pre-e till around 34 weeks. By 36 weeks was out of control and had c-section.

My doc told me last time since I have had it in the past he would monitor me closer than he would normally.

Ack I wrote out a post and somehow left the page without posting. I had pre-e with DS. Was hospitalized at 27 weeks and induced at 28.5 weeks. DS was in NICU for 1 month but is now 17yo and is perfect. I'm so worried it will happen again. If it does, I hope it happens later and is not as severe so I can carry the baby longer. They're watching me closely, I'm on baby aspirin, and I'm monitoring my BP at home too.